On the SATs: Is It Better to Give 'No Answer' or a 'Wrong Answer'?
@mythociate (21437)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
April 26, 2013 10:38pm CST
Because I heard that one of the reasons Bill Gates got into the university he started at (and dropped out of a year later) was that he scored so high on the SATs.
Did he only answer the questions he knew? Or did he fill-in all the remaining questions when they gave the minute-left warning ... like I think I did when I was 13 or 14 and got a 1440 on the SATs (as opposed to when I took it in high-school & got a 1220 
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@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
27 Apr 13
http://testprep.about.com/od/tipsfortesting/a/SAT_TestTips.htm
@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
27 Apr 13
This says it all: "Unlike taking the ACT, you are penalized (one-fourth of a) point when you get an answer wrong on the SAT test." (from the linked page)
@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
27 Apr 13
And who put 'a guideline violation' in the tags? Is the 'guideline violator' owl or me? Why would you put 'a guideline violation' down to describe THE WHOLE DISCUSSION if the violator were just one of the responders (whose response you could report & restore the discussion to non-violating-ness)?
What guideline did I violate? (before this response ) 
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